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were actively engaged in major games, agility work,
gymnastics or dancing.
(b) Junior Schools.
Satisfactory progress has been maintained, particularly
in the management and practice of the Team System.
The further development of the group-leadership method
has been well featured, and the ability of children to
handle their own group activities is greatly increasing.
Although the general standard of class-teaching has
shown some improvement, there are still a few teachers
who are finding difficulty in appreciating the value of
precision in the performance of the more formal type of
exercise. As a rule with such teachers there is a general
lack of class control which gives their lessons the appearance
of looseness and confusion. As the values of physical
exercises depend so much on good teaching the need for
specialisation in certain Junior Schools is clearly indicated.
(c) Infants' Schools.
The character and scope of the activities employed in
both the "Primary" and "Secondary" lessons for
Infants Classes calls for urgent re-consideration of the
policy usually adopted in regard to the size of Infants;
School Halls. Classes of fifty infants require at least as
much room for the physical exercises as is customarily
provided for junior classes.
In spite, however, of the difficulties of restricted
accommodation in certain schools there has been a general
improvement in the quality of the instruction given. A
more extensive use of music in application to the "Secondary"
lesson, and the use of apparatus and a better
appreciation of the training values of the "Primary"
lesson have yet to be realised.
(3) Shoes and Clothing.
It is significant that in schools where there has been
a really determined attempt on the part of' the teaching
staffs to secure the satisfactory equipment of children with